Beehive attachment.



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SAMUEL BLAGG, OF ERIE, ILLINOIS.

'IBEEH'IVE ATTAcHi/LENT.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 15, 1910.

Application filed. September 21, 1910, serial No. 583,028.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BLAGG, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Erie, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois, haveinvented an Improved Beehive Attachment, of which the following is aspecification.

I have obtained Letters Patent of the United States, No. 964,744, datedJuly 19, 1910, for a bee-hive attachment adapted for use in removingfilled supers.

My present invention is an improvement upon that one, and comprisesmeans for raising a filled super from the body of the hive andsubstituting an empty one.

The invention is embodied in the construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts hereinafter described, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of abeehive proper with devices embodying my improvements applied thereto inposition for use in lifting and removing a super. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the two armed Wedge or so-called yoke constitutingone of the parts embodying my improvement. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof another device embodying one feature of my invention, the sameserving in practice as a stop-board and a support for the super whenraised. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bee escape board. Figs. 5,6, 7, and 8 are longitudinal sections illustrating the use of thedevices embodying my invention in the manner required to raise anddetach a filled super.

1 indicates the body of the hive, which is provided at one end with theordinary alighting-board 2, and 3 indicates the super which is adaptedto rest on the body 1. 4 indicates the detachable frame composed ofparallel bars and secured in horizontal position to opposite sides ofthe hive body 1, by means of transverse clamp rods 5, as shown anddescribed in my aforesaid patent. These bars 4 extend beyond the ends ofthe hive body and are provided interiorly with guideways or shoulders 6whereon the stopboard'7 shown in Fig. 3 and the bee-escape board-seeFig. 4are adapted to be supported slidably as hereinafter described.

According to their usual practice, the bees apply wax at the junction ofthe super with the body of the hive, and thus the super becomes veryfirmly attached, and considerable difiiculty is experienced in removingit. It is the object of my present invention to provide an improvedmeans for raising or detaching the super from the body and removing itwithout seriously disturbing the bees and without danger to theoperator. To this end, I employ the device shown in perspective in Fig.2, the same consisting of two parallel bars 9 and a connecting crossbar10, the same being rigidly secured together and the arms spaced apart adistance slightly greater than the body 1 of the hive. The free ends ofthe arms 9 are rounded on the under side as shown.

In using this device, which operates in the nature of a wedge, it isadjusted as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the cross-bar 10 resting upon theparallel clamp bars 4 and the wedge arms 9 projecting alongside the hiveand resting at their free rounded ends on the clamp bars 4. The super isprovided with a lateral shoulder or projection 12 adjaoent to each end,and when the wedging device is applied as shown, the upper sides of thewedge arms 9 come in contact with these shoulders, and, by forcing thedevice forward, it is obvious that the shoulders 12 tend to slide up 011the arms 9. I11 practice, the bar 10 is pushed toward the end of thehive until arrested by contact with it, by which operation that end ofthe super is raised, as shown in Fig. 6. Then the stopboard 7, which isprovided at its outer edge with a raised cleat or shoulder 7 is placedon the guideways 6 of the clamp bars 4, as shown in Fig. 5, and slidthereon until it passes beneath the super, as shown in Fig. 6. It thusserves to support the super and at the same time prevent the escape ofbees. The operation which has just been described is then repeated atthe other end of the hive. In other words, the wedging device shown inFigure 2 is applied so as to rest on the projecting clamp bars 4 and isthen forced forward under the shoulders of the super, so as to raise itto the same height at that end as it has been raised at the other endseeFig. 7. Then the bee-escape board 8, shown in Fig. 4, is laid upon theguideways of the clamp-bars and pushed forward beneath the super untilit contacts with the stop-board 7 and pushes the same out from beneaththe super, as shown in Fig. 8. By this means, the escape-board, whichhas a central opening, divides the super from the brood chamber and isleft there for a few hours, say over night. During this time the bees inthe super will descend into the body of the hive, and in the morning thefilled super may be easily and quickly removed and an empty onesubstituted Without allowing escape of bees and hence without danger tothe operator.

The shoulders 12 before referred to may be provided or constructed invarious ways, but in this instance I show wooden strips 12 attached tothe sides of the super and extending along the same to the ends. It isobvious, however, that small blocks or other devices may be employedwith equal success, it being only necessary that the super shall havelateral projectlons adapted to rest and slide up on the arms 9 of thewedging device. It is apparent that the ledge or transverse shoulder '2'of the stop-board 7 serves to arrest it when pushed up against the hive,since it then comes in contact with a transverse clamping rod 5.

What I claim is 1. The combination, with a bee-hive body having barssecured to its sides in horizontal position and extending from the endsthereof, and a super provided adjacent to its ends with lateralprojections or shoulders, of a wedging device comprising parallel armsand a transverse connecting bar, the said arms being adapted to rest andslide on the clamp-bars and in contact with the shoulders of the super,and the connecting bar being extended to a length sufficient to adapt itto also rest and slide on the clampbars, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a hive body and a super, of means for liftingthe super and thus detaching it from the body, such means comprisinghorizontal supports extending along the body of the hive and from theend thereof, and a wedging device adapted to from the ends of the body,of a stop-board adapted to slide on the guideways and to be insertedbeneath the super when raised, said stop-board being provided at itsouter edge with a transverse shoulder, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a super having lateral shoulders and a hivebody provided with lateral bars secured thereto in a horizontal positionand extending from the ends of the hive, of a wedging device adapted tol rest on the bars and for insertion between them and the shoulders ofthe super, and a stop-board adapted for slidable support on theguideways and forinsertion beneath the super when raised, substantiallyas described.

6. The combination with a hive body provided with a lateral guideway anda super having a lateral projection near the top, of a wedging deviceadapted for insertion between such guideways and shoulders, for raisingthe super in the manner described.

' SAMUEL BLAGG.

Witnesses:

CHARLIE STRATTAN, HIRAM BLAGG.

